"H the K" wrote in message
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On 7/23/09 10:24 AM, Gene Kearns wrote:

We're actually working our way towards the technology that will give
us a negative carbon footprint. The only possible negative consequence
is that the car costs 236 trillion dollars..... 'course 'ya get what
you pay for.....


I'm all for advancement but, seriously, I was not aware there was a
problem serious enough with spark plugs to "incite" a pack of inventors to
make the process of igniting gasoline more complicated and expensive!

The deal with the laser ignition is that it allows the point of combustion
to be located at an optimum spot for fuel economy. Also, the laser doubles
as a built in optical spectrograph. The results of combustion can be
analyzed real-time by the vehicle's computer and minor adjustments in
timing, mixture, etc. can be made.

It's all about squeezing a little more energy out of the fuel, from an
efficiency standpoint.

Eisboch